FORD v. HALL

No. 07-13675.

546 F.3d 1326 (2008)

Melbert Ray FORD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Hilton HALL, Warden Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 27, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary Radford (Court-Appointed), GSU College of Law, Brian Mendelsohn (Court-Appointed), Fed. Def. Program, Inc., Atlanta, GA, for Ford.

Paula Khristian Smith, Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, GA, for Hall.

Before DUBINA, BLACK and CARNES, Circuit Judges.


DUBINA, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner, Melbert Ray Ford, a death row inmate, appeals from the district court's order denying him habeas relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the district court's judgment.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Facts

We recite the facts from the opinion of the Supreme Court of Georgia on direct appeal from Ford's conviction and death sentence.

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